In 2011, the Bonn Challenge was announced with a goal to restore 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands by 2020. This ambitious goal was reinforced during the UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York where more than 130 signatories including governments, companies, civil society and indigenous peoples endorsed calls to restore more than 350 million hectares of forests and croplands by 2030. In the Asia-Pacific region, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has adopted an aspirational goal of increasing forest cover in the region by at least 20 million ha by 2020, and member countries of the Asia Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) and other organizations are placing increasing emphasis on forest restoration. Almost 1.6 billon people in the world, and particularly in Indonesia minimum 20 million communities depend on forest for their livelihoods.

In light of these global targets and emerging national commitments, it is imperative to develop low-cost strategies and techniques for landscape restoration. Lots of efforts to restore, many programs such as rehabilitation, one man-one tree, one million/billion planting, moratorium illegal logging: no new permit, Concession for Restoration ecosystem, Social forestry [community forest-HKm, customary forest-Hutan Adat, private forest-Hutan Rakyat, and Village forest-Hutan Desa], conservation village, fire-free village, law enforcement, contesting and negotiating in international forum such as above mentioned, Climate Change-Bonn Challenge for financing, forming the Peatland Restoration Agency (known as Badan Restorasi Gambut) to challenge 2 million ha peatland restoration until 2019. In other hand, lots of practices to degrade such as forest land conversion to palm oil land, designed-forest fire slash and burn practice without controlling, illegal logging, land encroachment, land grabbing, issued contradictive-policies between sector in same land, forestry sector issue to plant the land, in other hand the mining sector issue to opening land for mining, etc. Almost stakeholders know well the benefits of restoration that are for water supply, prevent disaster (landslide), and biodiversity. They know what relation: upstream-downstream, the forest business is long term purposes. Also local community with their local knowledge could know well to manage environmental friendly. The question is: why they don’t act their knowledge to implement? The answer is that other priority of land uses. There are other interests. Therefore, the key problem is: how to manage the stakeholder’s interest. As we known, every decision, also restoration; the decision is benefit to in one side, and make suffer or pain on the other hand. What kind of such way to tackle? Underlying problem of forest landscape restoration is not just technical problem, but a social and political problem prior to vary interest of stakeholders who either benefits or suffer due to forest landscape restoration decision. Unharmonized regulation makes an unsynchronization of implementation to invest FLR, particularly related regulation that derive to access forest state for local community. However need to be excavated. The policy or regulation concerning land restoration that has already been issued is lacked of socialization so that only few stakeholders are aware. Also, to many NGO driving, i.e. WARSI, CO2 operate BV. There are more 40 NGOs/ENGO work in West Sumatra.

Indonesia allocated 12,7 million ha for community’s access for forest products for their livelihoods. It is therefore, artificial regeneration is important to benefit. Despite these economic and environmental advantages, FLR is often overlooked when restoration policies and programs are designed for a number of reasons, including: lack of its recognition as a viable restoration option; perverse incentives favoring clearing of young secondary growth for plantation development or other land uses; lack of institutional support by government agencies and other organizations; unclear tenure and property rights; lack of incentives for local communities; and uncertainly over the restoration process and outcomes. FAO with Forest R &D Centre through technical program TCP/RAS/3512 indicated that tailoring stakeholders and partner become important and crucial.

Goals

A workshop and training will be organized in Padang, West Sumatra. These programs will have convened in collaboration with UNAND and Forestry Province Office. The aim is to better understand the challenges and opportunities for FLR and to promote its inclusion as a major component of large-scale restoration initiatives. Also, the organizing is to enhance technical capacities of Government and communities to identify opportunities, plan, and implement FLR.

The specific objectives of the workshop are as follows :

Raise awareness among policy makers and practitioners regarding the potential of FLR in contributing to the achievement of forest restoration goals.

Share experience in and scope for using artificial regeneration as a tool for forest restoration. Discuss key issues related to restoring forestlands through artificial regeneration: including the ecology, techniques an monitoring of regeneration; enabling policy, regulatory and institutional framework; and the economic and social dimensions of natural regeneration, and its role in identify barriers, gaps and opportunities for mainstreaming the application of artificial regeneration as a viable and effective strategy in forest restoration to community benefits; and

Develop recommendations on the way forward to promote the use of artificial regeneration in regional and national restoration initiatives. The result of the workshop will also feed into the consultation on regional strategy and action plan for forest and landscape restoration which will be incorporated into the national strategies.

Promoting farest landscape restoration program for students in West Sumatra through photography and short film events.

Date and Venue :

10-11 October 2017

Graduate Program Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatera

Agenda and Design

Time

Programme

Moderator/PIC

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Capacity Building Needs Assessment

09.00-09.20

Opening

Province Forestry Office/Forest R&D Centre

09.20-10.00

Overview Provincial on the Challenge and potential of FLR

Highlights from FAO TCP Project on Promoting FLR

NPC

10.00-10.15

Coffee/tea break

[OC announce to all participants to self-identify to affiliate one group: Policy, regulation and institution; Economic and Social Aspects of FLR, Ecology of FLR; Decision-making and prioritization tools and guidelines to enhance and monitor the success of FLR strategies,and prepare for its discussion]

OC

10.15-11.00

Experiences in FLR:Forest Restoration in witness

Site Nagari Sirukam

Site Nagari Indudur

Bagong Pagasa Fondation (Patrict Dugan Jr)

Q&A, Discussion

[Wali nagari and BPF present their problem, constraints, opportunities, and challenges to restore their degraded lands]

Through display, exhibition and mass communication, to expect a process of disseminating messages Forest Landscape Restoration to a large number of audiences through some forms of technology at a time, that are the means of public communication reaching to the large, scattered, heterogeneous and anonymous audience at the same time. These are also expected to prove a boon to Forest society. There are the powerful means that do not only influence today’s world but also shape the globe of tomorrow on Forest Landscape purposes. Organizer Committee will invite all partners to be involved in this exhibitions and media corner.

Photography and short movie contest have a positive impact to enhance awareness of youth community on forest landscape restoration. The photography and short movie contest theme is “FLR-Leveraging Ecological Function and Enhancing Livelihoods”. The contest participant was from University Student in West Sumatera.